Sleeping Hibiscus is a shrub from tropical regions of Mexico. It is so named
because of its flowers which look like unopened Hibiscus flowers. It is a
spreading shrub to 2-3 m high. Stems densely clothed in stellate hairs.
Leaves are densely clothed in velvety to tough hairs, ovate to nearly
circular, heart-shaped, not lobed or shallowly 3-lobed. Leaf margin is
crenate-serrate. Leaves are 5-15 cm long with stalks 2-12 cm long. Flowers
are borne solitary or few in fascicles, in leaf axils. Petals are scarlet.
There also exists a pink cultivar called 'Rosea'. Flowers are pendulous,
2-3 inches long. Sleeping Hibiscus requires full sun or partial shade,
however if grown in partial shade you may sacrifice some flowers because
of the reduced light.